3:30 PM,
Apr. 3, 2013

Written by

Joey Garrison
The Tennessean

Legislation creating a new state panel that could approve charter schools in Tennessee's largest cities cleared a House Subcommittee Wednesday after Republicans defeated a Democrat-backed amendment to add "financial guardrails" - protections the Metro school board have sought.

Moments earlier, the Senate Government Operations Committee, voted 7-1 to give the bill a neutral recommendation, signaling lingering questions over the proposal, though not stopping its movement in the legislature.

"I've not seen evidence yet of a pattern across the state where applications have been ...